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NYSE:FLS

Flowserve (FLS) Competitors

$36.25
-0.27 (-0.74%)
(As of 06/9/2023 ET)
Compare
Today's Range
$35.95
$36.79
50-Day Range
$32.01
$36.55
52-Week Range
$23.89
$38.86
Volume
600,981 shs
Average Volume
845,959 shs
Market Capitalization
$4.75 billion
P/E Ratio
20.71
Dividend Yield
2.21%
Price Target
$36.78

FLS vs. GGG, IEX, MLI, ATS, FELE, CR, CWST, ZWS, SLGN, and ENS

Should you be buying Flowserve stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Flowserve include Graco (GGG), IDEX (IEX), Mueller Industries (MLI), ATS (ATS), Franklin Electric (FELE), Crane (CR), Casella Waste Systems (CWST), Zurn Elkay Water Solutions (ZWS), Silgan (SLGN), and EnerSys (ENS). These companies are all part of the "industrial products" sector.

Flowserve vs.

Graco (NYSE:GGG) and Flowserve (NYSE:FLS) are both industrial products companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their analyst recommendations, valuation, dividends, media sentiment, institutional ownership, community ranking, profitability, earnings and risk.

Graco has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Flowserve. Flowserve is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Graco, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

CompanyGross RevenuePrice/Sales RatioNet IncomeEarnings Per SharePrice/Earnings Ratio
Graco$2.14 billion6.49$460.64 million$2.8429.08
Flowserve$3.62 billion1.32$188.69 million$1.7520.71

Graco presently has a consensus target price of $82.33, suggesting a potential downside of 0.30%. Flowserve has a consensus target price of $36.78, suggesting a potential upside of 1.46%. Given Flowserve's higher probable upside, analysts plainly believe Flowserve is more favorable than Graco.

Company Sell Ratings Hold Ratings Buy Ratings Strong Buy Ratings Rating Score
Graco
0 Sell rating(s)
2 Hold rating(s)
2 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.50
Flowserve
1 Sell rating(s)
4 Hold rating(s)
4 Buy rating(s)
0 Strong Buy rating(s)
2.33

In the previous week, Graco had 6 more articles in the media than Flowserve. MarketBeat recorded 17 mentions for Graco and 11 mentions for Flowserve. Graco's average media sentiment score of 0.86 beat Flowserve's score of 0.41 indicating that Graco is being referred to more favorably in the media.

Company Very Positive Positive Neutral Negative Very Negative Overall Sentiment
Graco
8 Very Positive mention(s)
2 Positive mention(s)
3 Neutral mention(s)
0 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Positive
Flowserve
2 Very Positive mention(s)
1 Positive mention(s)
2 Neutral mention(s)
1 Negative mention(s)
0 Very Negative mention(s)
Neutral

Graco pays an annual dividend of $0.94 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.1%. Flowserve pays an annual dividend of $0.80 per share and has a dividend yield of 2.2%. Graco pays out 33.1% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Flowserve pays out 45.7% of its earnings in the form of a dividend. Both companies have healthy payout ratios and should be able to cover their dividend payments with earnings for the next several years. Graco has increased its dividend for 25 consecutive years.

Graco has a beta of 0.8, meaning that its share price is 20% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Flowserve has a beta of 1.62, meaning that its share price is 62% more volatile than the S&P 500.

Flowserve received 182 more outperform votes than Graco when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 63.81% of users gave Flowserve an outperform vote while only 61.40% of users gave Graco an outperform vote.

CompanyUnderperformOutperform
GracoOutperform Votes
377
61.40%
Underperform Votes
237
38.60%
FlowserveOutperform Votes
559
63.81%
Underperform Votes
317
36.19%

85.9% of Graco shares are owned by institutional investors. Comparatively, 99.9% of Flowserve shares are owned by institutional investors. 3.0% of Graco shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 0.7% of Flowserve shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a company is poised for long-term growth.

Graco has a net margin of 22.44% compared to Flowserve's net margin of 6.13%. Graco's return on equity of 26.12% beat Flowserve's return on equity.

Company Net Margins Return on Equity Return on Assets
Graco 22.44% 26.12% 19.65%
Flowserve 6.13% 10.44% 4.00%

Summary

Graco beats Flowserve on 13 of the 21 factors compared between the two stocks.


New MarketBeat Followers Over Time

This chart shows the number of new MarketBeat users adding FLS and its top 5 competitors to their watchlist. Each company is represented with a line over a 90 day period.
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Media Sentiment Over Time

This chart shows the average media sentiment of NYSE and its competitors over the past 90 days as caculated by MarketBeat. The averaged score is equivalent to the following: Very Negative Sentiment <= -1.5, Negative Sentiment > -1.5 and <= -0.5, Neutral Sentiment > -0.5 and < 0.5, Positive Sentiment >= 0.5 and < 1.5, and Very Positive Sentiment >= 1.5.
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FLS vs. The Competition

MetricFlowservePumps & pumping equipment IndustryIndustrial SectorNYSE Exchange
Market Cap$4.79B$8.85B$7.38B$14.95B
Dividend Yield2.19%1.61%1.94%3.86%
P/E Ratio20.7137.5116.0318.77
Price / Sales1.322.885.529.28
Price / Cash20.2818.1657.7223.98
Price / Book2.553.803.657.36
Net Income$188.69M$281.83M$368.06M$898.94M
7 Day Performance1.71%2.29%1.73%1.72%
1 Month Performance1.60%5.26%4.46%3.83%
1 Year Performance17.85%13.66%6.15%-2.56%

Flowserve Competitors List

CompanyMarketRankShare PriceAnalysts' Price Target1Y Price PerformanceMarket CapRevenueP/E RatioEmployee CountIndicator(s)
GGG
Graco
2.2459 of 5 stars
$80.13
+1.5%
$79.25
-1.1%
+31.6%$13.49B$2.14B28.214,000Analyst Revision
IEX
IDEX
2.2552 of 5 stars
$205.54
+0.1%
$236.17
+14.9%
+8.2%$15.53B$3.18B26.628,868
MLI
Mueller Industries
1.6612 of 5 stars
$81.29
+3.4%
N/A+46.2%$4.63B$3.98B6.825,137
ATS
ATS
0 of 5 stars
$45.62
+0.5%
N/AN/A$4.51BN/A0.00N/ANews Coverage
High Trading Volume
FELE
Franklin Electric
2.0134 of 5 stars
$96.36
+2.0%
$88.33
-8.3%
+32.4%$4.45B$2.08B23.336,500Insider Selling
News Coverage
CR
Crane
2.5369 of 5 stars
$78.00
+3.9%
$106.00
+35.9%
-15.0%$4.42B$3.35B10.3311,000Analyst Report
CWST
Casella Waste Systems
1.8986 of 5 stars
$92.68
+0.8%
$94.40
+1.9%
+32.2%$4.81B$1.09B91.763,200
ZWS
Zurn Elkay Water Solutions
2.0716 of 5 stars
$24.81
+3.0%
$26.17
+5.5%
-13.0%$4.33B$1.28B65.292,700Analyst Report
News Coverage
SLGN
Silgan
2.6723 of 5 stars
$45.40
+0.2%
$56.67
+24.8%
+5.6%$5.01B$6.41B15.3915,300
ENS
EnerSys
2.2352 of 5 stars
$103.78
+1.9%
$97.50
-6.1%
+54.0%$4.17B$3.71B24.3611,350Analyst Revision

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